18 USC § 2340B - Exclusive remedies

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s2340B"
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title: "18 USC § 2340B - Exclusive remedies"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "2340B"
section_name: "Exclusive remedies"
chapter_number: 113
chapter_name: "TORTURE"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 103–236, title V, § 506(a), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 464.)"
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# § 2340B. Exclusive remedies

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as precluding the application of State or local laws on the same subject, nor shall anything in this chapter be construed as creating any substantive or procedural right enforceable by law by any party in any civil proceeding.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 103–236, title V, § 506(a), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 464.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the later of , or the date on which the United States has become a party to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (), see , set out as a note under .